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Della perfezione della vita contemplativa

by: Isaac, Bishop of Nineveh, active 7th century

Publication date: 1500

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Publisher: [Venice] : [Bonetus Locatellus]

Collection: bplscinc; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: Italian

70 leaves : 16 cm (8vo)

Title from caption on a2 recto

Imprint from colophon (i6 recto): Venetus per Bonetu[m] Locatellu[m] Presbyteru[m], 1500

Signatures: a-h⁸ i⁶.

Chancery octavo; a8 recto: 33 lines plus headline, 123 (126) x 76 mm; types: 130G, 74G; woodcut initials and title page vignette

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.159 with leaf dimensions: 147 x 94 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.159 with bookseller's ticket on front pastedown (Il Polifilo via Borgonuovo 3 Milano). Pencil dealer's notes, etc., erased at front. Purchased in March, 1956.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.159 bound in rigid vellum panelled in gilt. Red and black spine labels. Pink decorated endpapers.